Aimee Bender's latest book, The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, has a similar plot device: a character who can taste other people's feelings in the food they cook. Is that what you're thinking of?
I wanna die in bed surrounded by fat grandchildren, but guess that's off the menu.
Jenny ,'Bring On The Night'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Kate P. - Feb 04, 2011 11:29:31 am PST #13868 of 28282
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Laga - Feb 04, 2011 11:33:02 am PST #13869 of 28282
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Like Water for Hamantaschen?
I thought it was 'Miriam's Kitchen' but a google search only turns up results for a non-profit.
§ ita § - Feb 04, 2011 11:43:52 am PST #13870 of 28282
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Julie and Julia.
megan walker - Feb 04, 2011 11:49:19 am PST #13871 of 28282
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Is that what you're thinking of?
Yes!
Julie and Julia.
For sure, but I only like to put a few non-fiction on there.
Amy - Feb 04, 2011 11:52:55 am PST #13872 of 28282
Because books.
This looks pretty good: The School of Essential Ingredients. It's a novel, too.
Amy - Feb 04, 2011 11:57:37 am PST #13873 of 28282
Because books.
Also Chocolat by Joanne Harris, and if I remember correctly Amy Tan's Joy Luck Club had a whole lot to do with food, too.
-t - Feb 04, 2011 11:59:49 am PST #13874 of 28282
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
megan walker - Feb 04, 2011 12:22:11 pm PST #13875 of 28282
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
The Last Chinese Chef
How funny, one of the salonistas was just raving about A Cup of Light (by the same author) this morning.
Any classics besides Tom Jones? I don't want to have to resort to The Jungle.
Deena - Feb 04, 2011 12:23:19 pm PST #13876 of 28282
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Thanks for the groupon heads' up, Steph. Score!
-t - Feb 04, 2011 12:27:45 pm PST #13877 of 28282
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ooh, I'll have to look for that.